Storing primed parsley seeds

The emergence of parsley seedlings in the field is heterogeneous and requires a relatively long period of time, which can take more than four weeks, depending on the temperature and soil moisture, justifying the use of techniques to increase and standardize germination process. This research aimed to evaluate the storage potential parsley primed seeds. The experiment was carried out in a completely randomized block with four repetitions of 100 seeds. It was used primed seeds primed soaked in a polyethylene glycol 6000 solution at - 1.5MPa and unprimed seeds. Emergence, speed of index emergence, speed of emergence and number of established seedlings were evaluated 30 days after sowing. Seeds of parsley, primed or unprimed, lost their viability after 90 days of storage at the conditions tested.